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Germany warns of 'high price' of violating ceasefire in Ukraine
LIMA (Reuters) – Germany’s Foreign Minister warned Kiev, Moscow and separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine on Saturday of the “high price” of violating a ceasefire agreement as fighting intensified hours before its start. …read more Source: The...
World › Fierce fighting in Ukraine as cease-fire deadline approaches
Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists rocketed each other with heavy artillery fire Saturday — shelling that extended far beyond any front lines — as the hours ticked down to a cease-fire that was supposed to start at midnight. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko declared he would consider imposing martial law if… …read more...
Ukraine fighting rages ahead of ceasefire
Ferocious fighting raged in Ukraine on Saturday (Feb 14) as Kiev and the US accused Russia of fuelling a rebel onslaught to grab territory in the hours before a truce began. …read more Source: Channel...
Rebels fighting for more territory ahead of Ukraine ceasefire: Kiev military
Fighting intensified in eastern Ukraine on Saturday ahead of a midnight ceasefire, with separatists pressing government forces in the key town of Debaltseve and shelling killing at least one person in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. …read more Source: The Times of...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko, rebel chief vow to respect ceasefire
February 15, 2015 1:34 AMKIEV (AFP) – Both Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels on Saturday pledged to respect a ceasefire due to come into force within hours, after fierce fighting plunged the truce into doubt. …read more Source: The Straits...
Poroshenko, rebel chief say will respect ceasefire
KIEV (AFP) – Both Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels pledged Saturday that they are going to respect a ceasefire due to come into force, after fierce fighting plunged the truce into doubt.Under a peace plan signed between Kiev and the rebels in Minsk Thursday after marathon talks between the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France, a...
Scientists want to beam signals into the space
SAN JOS, United States (AFP) – For decades, US astrophysicists seeking to make contact with extraterrestrials have basically just been listening for signals from space.But now they want to turn the tables and start sending signals of their own powerful ones to see if any intelligent life is out there in the cosmos.Researchers at the Search...
Constitution change for east Ukraine will be hard – Latvia
RIGA (Reuters) – Assuming a ceasefire between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels in the east holds, the implementation of a special constitutional status for the region is likely to be very difficult, according to Latvia’s foreign minister. …read more Source: The...
Rebels fighting for more territory ahead of Ukraine ceasefire – Kiev military
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Fighting intensified in eastern Ukraine on Saturday ahead of a midnight ceasefire, with separatists pressing government forces in the key town of Debaltseve and shelling killing at least one person in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. …read more Source: The...
Rebels fighting for more territory ahead of Ukraine ceasefire
Fighting intensified in eastern Ukraine on Saturday as separatist rebels tried to seize more territory before a ceasefire takes effect at midnight, the Ukrainian military said. The truce envisages the creation of a neutral “buffer zone” and withdrawal of heavy weapons responsible for many of the 5,000 casualties in a conflict that began almost a...
